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| Me and Tommy on the summit of Watkins with Half Dome in the background. |
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| Tommy Caldwell on the splitter 5.10c second to last pitch. Awesome hand crack then dramatic finish out the big roof on the next and last pitch. |
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| Self portrait. Looking down the South Face. |
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| Tommy starting up the dyno pitch on the South Face of Mt. Watkins, Yosemite Valley. Clouds Rest in the background. Very very snowy for May. |
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| Tommy Caldwell on the first pitch free variation. |
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| Tommy Caldwell starts the descent from Mt. Watkins. Oops, forgot the snow shoes. |
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| Freeing Mt Watkins |
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| Finally!!!! The snow Creek Bridge. |
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| I never thought I would depend on these things to descend a Yosemite Big Wall. |
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| Deep snow for May. |
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| Ultra light jugging set up: spectra daisy chains and Petzl Quickstep. |
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| Tommy Caldwell about 4 pitches from the top. Snowy Half Dome in the background. |
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| Tommy midway through the crux pitch. About to onsite!! |
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| Tommy Caldwell starting up the crux endurance pitch of the South Face of Mt. Watkins. |
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| Tommy on the big traversing 5.3 pitch after Sheraton Watkins. |
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| Crux aid pitch of Sheraton Watkins. Note the fixed mank. You may need a hammer here if this crap blows. At the very least, i would bring some hooks and some thin cord to thread the fixed RURPS. |
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| Double Figure Eight Knot - The speed climbers anchor of choice. |
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| Sheratin Watkins, BIG but sloping. |
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| Tommy Caldwell starting up the first pitch free variation of Mt. Watkins. |
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